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... of a couple on a tandem who'd also been staying at Neil's. Unfortunately, they'd crashed at the same unlucky spot on the 101, resulting in the lady breaking her collarbone and having to return to Canada. Luckily for April, they were kind enough to leave her all their gear but she was still stuck at Neil's until she sorted out her passport. With all these tales of woe, we set off nervously into Seaside town for some food and our first real walk along the ...

... redwoods. It was the perfect place in which to wake up. We had been transported to another world. The hills were tall and steep and covered in evergreens.

Right on the other side of the highway was our first stop. The best of the three drive-through trees. We were the first ones in that day. For $5 we could drive through as many times as we wanted. It was more exciting than I expected it would be. ...

... was a little underwhelming, compared with the 4 mile marathon across the Astoria bridge. I was excited, however, to finally bike through the Redwoods. The previous night a few friends I had made and I decided to stay at Del Norte State Park. The park was nestled right in the Redwoods, and was supposedly a beautiful campsite. The catch was, unfortunately, that we would lose over 600 feet in elevation ...

... trees are huge, some growing to 370 feet tall, up to 22 feet in diameter, living more than 2,000 years, weighing up to 1,200 tons but with a cone size the size of an olive; in comparison the Giant Sequoia while larger in diameter and weight it does not grow to the height of the Coastal Redwood. The drive through the forest was breathtaking, but did not compare to our walk the “Stout Grove” where we could walk right up to ...

So having taken the decision to lug around full camping gear for our entire trip, we were eager to get out into the wilderness (green wilderness, not desert wilderness like burning man) and use it.The big national parks of the USA were our target, with the parks containing the ancient and giant redwood trees first on our list. As I write this, the US government has just partially shutdown due to their fiscal crisis - and as a result all the national parks are shut. ...